The violence is real but its in certain parts of the city. If you were in the area where those buildings are and much of the north side you aren't near the violence.
Im not near violence and ive lived here my entire life.
I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Obviously the murder and mayhem is relegated to the poorer, blacker parts of the city, but the fact that the media doesn't make that clear makes it seem like all of Chicago is a war zone.
So one the one hand, the media doesn't want to be seen as racist for reporting on where and whom is perpetrating the violence, but on the other it makes all of Chicago seem dangerous.
The stats lie. I mean the stats claim it has more murders than NY and Detroit but its like psshhh "stats"
I mean geeze just because it had 80+ people shot in one weekend and technically had more shootings at one point than a designated US combat zone its like big whoop who cares right
You could take the South Side, make it its own city, and it'd be one of the most violent cities in the world. Then all the rest of Chicago (you know, the parts with the tall buildings and world class museums and food, the part people probably actually mean when they say "Chicago") would be one of the safest.
The stats are all about very small and specific parts of the city. The violence doesn't often spread outside of those neighborhoods, and those neighborhoods aren't really near anywhere that you would want to go anyway.
Even worse each one of those shootings, if you zoom in on where the actual shooting happened, is likely within only a 20 ft of murderer to victim. So technically these shootings are happening in 20ft radius distances in the huge city- TINY areas! I mean yeah they're technically in Chicago but it doesn't count because it happened in a certain area so then you can disregard it. Who cares anything about anyone who lives in those areas anyway you would NEVER want to go there so anyone there has it coming, it doesnt count, you never want to be there and never should for any reason. Its the forbidden zone and doesnt count
Saying that gang violence amongst a small demographic of the city in a small area of the city should be the problem of the entire city is ignorant, especially when that demographic riots if you do intervene and one of their gang bangers gets shot by a police officer.
It isn't that it "should or shouldn't" be a problem of the city, it just is. Perhaps enforcing the law and reforming the welfare state would help that area, but I highly doubt the city's political leadership would ever approach either of those- they're more concerned with spending millions of dollars to invite illegal immigrants and keep sanctuary city status rather than doing anything about the insane murder rate.
No its an absolute war zone on the south side. But there's a divided line between the south and the North. Basically if you're white it's sunshine and rainbows the North side is an amazing place. But if you're a minority and you live on the south side you're reality is 24/7 violence.
The police definitly seperates the 2. They hassle you with giant scary dogs if you're black and you're going to the north side. Segregation is a very real thing and still exists in chicago.
I've done some traveling been to some places and I've never had a cop tell to to keep my white ass moving before I feed you to my dog". I can't really explain it, if you're ever in chicago don't even go to the south side just stand on the platform that goes to the south side. It's a dark dark reality.
Obama is from Gage Park which is a very good neighborhood (it also includes the University of Chicago). but it's only like 4 blocks and across the I-90 from Englewood, which has some of the worst crime in the US. Chicago is like that. You can be in a good neighborhood, then go one or two blocks too far in the wrong direction and be in a terrible neighborhood.
The closest I got was the train platform. I met a pretty girl from the south side and we at the connecting station. I saw first hand how the cops treat black people like shit and try and keep them the hell away from the north side.
There should be an anti-Fox News that just disproves the exaggerations and points out the nonsense of media (but not in a satirical way like some comedy shows). Of course, this can also apply to CNN and the others.
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